Field Report: Nauticam Fisheye Conversion Port

Alex Mustard · Issue 137, Mar/Apr 2024 · pp. 39–41

Products mentioned: Nauticam FCP-1, Nauticam WACP, Nauticam WWL, Tokina 10-17mm, Canon RF 24-50mm, Canon RF 14-35mm, Nikonos RS 13mm fisheye conversion, Sony A1, Retra Pro Max, Scubalamp SUPE D-Pro, Sony 28-60mm

The FCP-1 or fisheye conversion port is a new lens for underwater photography developed by Nauticam. The lens is similar to Nauticam’s other underwater optics like the WACP or the WWL series of lenses, in that it takes a standard lens on your camera and converts it into a wide angle underwater lens, that is corrected to specifically work in water and therefore delivers superior optical performance. But it is also different from its siblings because this is Nauticam’s widest lens - rather than just changing your lens into a 130˚ wide angle, it converts it into a >170˚ fisheye, while at the same time allowing you to zoom in. And since most of the angle stretch is in the corners of the frame – when you zoom in you get a double zooming effect, meaning monster versatility! It is also different because it has been designed to work with a wide variety of lenses, meaning that on many systems you…